I seem to be having trouble holding on to the ball so does anyone have any ideas? I realize that I have some guys with very lackluster ballhandling and passing, but even my 55 bh 67 pass senior PG is turning the ball over quite a bit.

We are averaging 14.4 turnovers per game.

I think I could use a little advice. ;)

Higher IQ so more practice to get your IQ's up. Unfortunately your turnover ratio is almost fixed based on the # of possessions. I would consider slowing your tempo down while playing away.

Lower your Distribution to Odell Boudreau a bit and I think your turnovers might go down.

I feel like 14.4/game isn't that high...

Lower Briggs distro to 0

Quote: Originally posted by dahsdebater on 4/20/2010I feel like 14.4/game isn't that high...

Per game doesn't tell us anything, turnovers per possession is what matters.
Looks like you're turning it over on 23% of possessions. That's a bit high. You're forcing turnovers on 22% of possessions.

Definitely reduce Beaudreau and Depuy's distros.

Quote: Per game doesn't tell us anything, turnovers per possession is what matters.
Looks like you're turning it over on 23% of possessions. That's a bit high. You're forcing turnovers on 22% of possessions.

Definitely reduce Beaudreau and Depuy's distros.

So I'm supposed to lower the distros on my two best players? I guess I don't understand that. Could you possibly explain why that would help me?

I mean those two and Serrato are my best scoring options and it seems like lowering their distros would not help.

I appreciate the advice and I'm not trying to argue, I guess I'm just looking for a better understanding behind lowering their distros.

I think you are fine with Depuy's distro where it is at. Beaudreau may be a little high, but he does have more Ast that TOs. Briggs sticks out to me as a guy who has the ball too much to have almost as many TOs as points is not good and its due to a terrible IQ.

The reason to lower Beaudreau's distro is that the higher distro the more opportunities he has to turn the ball over. By lowering his number he has less chances to mess up in theory. I suppose the question would be is his actual distro considerable higher than the distro you have set hime at?

Quote: Originally posted by cburton23 on 4/20/2010I think you are fine with Depuy's distro where it is at.  Beaudreau may be a little high, but he does have more Ast that TOs.  Briggs sticks out to me as a guy who has the ball too much to have almost as many TOs as points is not good and its due to a terrible IQ.  The reason to lower Beaudreau's distro is that the higher distro the more opportunities he has to turn the ball over.  By lowering his number he has less chances to mess up in theory.  I suppose the question would be is his actual distro considerable higher than the distro you have set hime at?

He does have the highest distro by a small amount so it is pretty accurate for him. I figured he would be o.k. having the highest distro as he has the best combo of ball handling and passing on the team.

On a totally unrelated note with turnovers, Horne's actual distro is about a third of Boudreau's and half of Depuy's but he still gets 17.5% of our offense (3rd most behind the two previously mentioned) while Serrato has a higher distro than Depuy but only gets 13.5%. Any ideas on what is causing this?

The actual vs. planned differences can come from a number of things. Some players have a tendency to shoot more than others and it is not in any of the ratings you see. Also, the opponent matters. If your SG is double-teamed, chances are he won't get as many shots as you'd like. IQs, +/-, and matchups all play into the actual results to different degrees.

One last thing that matters is who else is on the court when a player is out there. One of my bench guys on my Iba team is one of my top scorers this season (he's started 2 or 3 of the 12 games so far). Except for when he started, his distro was about 1/3 of those for the top scorers in the starting line up. But because he plays a lot with the 2nd unit, his relative distribution to the scrubs makes him the clear #1 scoring option at times. He therefore gets a lot of shots and he is able to lead the team in scoring in some games from the bench.

Having that many turnovers is usually a sign, all other things equal, that you need to lower distribution,.

Quote: Originally Posted By xnitus on 4/20/2010
Horne's actual distro is about a third of Boudreau's and half of Depuy's but he still gets 17.5% of our offense (3rd most behind the two previously mentioned) while Serrato has a higher distro than Depuy but only gets 13.5%. Any ideas on what is causing this?

The likely reasons for this is:

1) Serrato has a much lower stamina, so plays less minutes.

2) Horne being a PF gets some offensive REB which gives him more opportunities that are not part of the distro (distro only represents plays that are run for him).